Ko Te Arawa te iwi Ko Hikairo toku papa Ko Anjelica toku mama Ko Materita taku tuahine Ko Te Arai taku tungane Ko Heretaunga toku kainga Ko Riverslea toku kura Ko Parekawa taku ingoa No reira tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa
My Goals 2016
Feb
Mar/Updated in May
Term 3 (Extended in Term 4)
Term 4 2016
Term 4 was full of learning and activities.We had lots of things going on at Riverslea and around. We had an awesome Duffy Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger and Peter Charlton Jones. We also had the School Cross Country and also did lots of Play based learning to try to learn to share and cooperate and work together. We went to the A and P Show as well as visited Barnadoes Preschool and the Riverslea Community Preschool, who also visited us. We loved Skipping and Jump Rope for Heart.
The trip to Napier and the Aquarium was fun. We had the School Prizegiving and made up our own song “The 12 Days of Riverslea Christmas” We are all looking forward to Xmas and Next year (Mrs B )
I have reached my goal for Reading and have gone up 8 levels in reading this year. I am at Level 18 which is at National Standard. I am at Stage 4 Maths which is at National Standard and have gone up from Stage 3 to Stage 4 this year. I have also gone up a level in Writing and am at National Standard. Parekawa
August/Sept
We are still learning and being involved in lots of activities. Our Inquiry has been about the Rio Olympics 2016. We learnt a lot about different countries and different sports. We each had our own country at the Olympics. Harmony’s country USA came first with the most medals. They got 116 medals ( 43gold, 37 silver, 36 bronze). Te Orihana came 2nd with Great Britain who got 66 medals. Kadyn had NZ who got 18 medals (4gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze). We also watched some of the ParaOlympics which made the students aware of different disabilities and how people use ways to overcome them to win medals eg Blind cyclists and runners and swimmers with only 1 leg. We had our own school Olympics which the students loved. They also got medals. Participation for the tabloids and Gold, Silver ,Bronze for the age races. It was well supported by whanau. All students have made great progress, some being a year above in Reading and 6 months above in Writing and Maths. This term Room 1 has also been involved in a NZ wide programme for Junior classes called #NZReadAloud. We connect with other classes around NZ (10 in all) from Auckland to Dunedin and share our ideas, art work, writing etc on a blog. It is all related to a common chosen book that we are all reading to our class. It is called A Booming in the Night By Ben Brown , a NZ author. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games. This Term we are learning about Cooperation (Whanaungatanga) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass. We have had ‘Getting started’ again T3 with a council funded programme on fitness and coordination skills. We have had Whaea Toni and Matua Julian this term. Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday has continued. Some of us go and read to them for 15 minutes each. They help sponser our Duffy books. We had a Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger (storyteller) and Peter Charlton-Jones (musician) and got our Duffy books for the Term.We also had 2 Role Models form Karamu High come to talk to use about being leaders. We were lucky to have Mr Kevin a Preschool Teacher volunteer time 2 days a week for most of the term. He fixed all of our school bikes for us. The children are loving being out on the bike track again. Whaea Monique (Student Teacher from last year) also volunteers in the classes 2 days a week. It is great to have her skills and empathy with the students. Another highlight for the students was a visit from 2 Magpies Chris Eaton and Matt Garland. They talked to the students about being role models and then took them for games. They loved the Touch Rugby. It has been another awesome term for Miharo (Room1).
School Olympics and my Gold Medal for Running.
Getting started activities. The Magpies Rugby team.Playing Touch Rugby. My Nga Toi tile. Koru pattern.
I liked winning the Gold medal for the 5 and 6 year old girls race at the Olympics. I had been practising to get fast. I have gone up another 2 levels in Reading to Level 17. The books are getting harder now with words I don't know about. I still love Reading and Spelling and I still always get my words right every week. I like doing Maths in the books and I am imaging (thinking it in my head).I am on Stage 4. It was fun playing Touch Rugby with Matt the Magpie Rugby guy.. (Parekawa)
Parekawa has been making excellent progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. She has a great give it a go attitude and tries anything new. If she isn't quite sure she asks for help and then says "I've got it now." She is very popular in class and has many friends. She always joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom. Next we want to further extend her Reading progress(Expected Level 17 in Oct .) We have achieved our goal to get to National Standard level (Level 17) by the end of T3 Next we will work towards Level 19/20 by the end of the year. We will continue to consolidate and extend her written language including language features.She is still working at National Standard level. She is spelling most of her own words and attempting others using a range of skills.(eg picture, sense, beginning sound etc) She still uses imagination and writes for an audience. In Maths we are still aiming to reach the end of Stage 4 by the end of the year. (Mrs B)
June/July
June and July were also busy months with 2 weeks holiday in July for the end of Term 2. We are all still making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry. Some students have gone up several levels in Reading and they, and others, moved up stages in Maths and Writing as well. In Inquiry we are learning about the Olympic Games in Rio in Term 3. We loved our Inquiry about Flight and learnt a lot. We always have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings. We have fun finding out the information. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky. We also have Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. We just had a Duffy Theatre performance about Time Travel and got our Duffy books for the Term. It was great fun. We also had lots of learning with our class buddies and our school buddies too. We had Irene Van Dyke a famous NZ Netballer come to speak to us. She was very tall (6ft 3 inches). She gave us all a bag from Netball Hawkes Bay and some balls for our PE gear. Paora came from the Council to help us set up a new worm garden. We got to hold the worms. They were slimy. We also had Todd and Nathan from the Army come and teach us how to march and do push ups. We are Miharo too.We are awesome
With my school buddy. Being the Teacher.
Inquiry Flight. Duffy Theatre
Marching with Nathan the Army guy.
We have been doing lots of things at school. I have gone up another level in Reading (Level 15) and I am going on Level 16 next week. I still love Reading and Spelling and I still always get my words right every week. I am getting really good at Maths now too.I am on Stage 4. The Duffy Theatre was funny. I liked marching with Nathan from the Army. (Parekawa)
Parekawa has been making excellent progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. She is responsible and helpful class member who loves learning. She is very popular in class and has many friends. She joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom. She has a very good memory too. (She enjoys games in class eg Fish, Memory etc. Next we want to further extend her Reading progress(Expected Level 15.) Our goal is to get to National Standard level (Level 17) by the end of T3. Also to consolidate and extend her written language including language features.She is working at National Standard and is beginning to use expression, feelings and language features. She also uses imagination and writes for an audience. In Maths to reach the end of Stage 4 by the end of the year. She has just started Stage 4 and has developed confidence and is imaging well. (Mrs B)
April/May
We are all making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry too. In Inquiry we are learning about Flight and how it effects people, animals and insects. We have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings. They are up on our Inquiry wall for everyone to keep looking at and thinking about. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games. This Term we are learning about Resilience (Taikaha) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass. We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins. We are learning lots of waiata. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each still. They help sponser our Duffy books. We had a Role Model Assembly and got our Duffy books for the Term. We also had a visit from Harold and the Life Education Truck with Whaea Anne. We all like Harold. We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Reading my story to assembly. Learning to write lots of words.
Getting my Duffy Book from Mr Reed. Helping Whaea Anne in Life Education Truck.
Doing Kapa Haka
I like all the learning we do at school.My Kui is very proud of me. I have gone up another level in Reading and I am going on Level 14 on Monday. I like Reading and Spelling. I always get my words right every week. I getting really good at Reading now too. I am getting to be one of the best in the class at Maths.We have been learning about Time. My buddy in class is Arnold. I liked it when Harold came in the big truck. I helped Whaea Anne with the Healthy Food. I like Kapa Haka too.We are learning lots of waiata. (Parekawa)
I have still been really encouraging Parekawa in Reading and she is making very good progress. She is at the reading level she needs to be at for her age. Parekawa is also making very good progress in Writing and Maths. She is beginning to image in Maths and trying most her own spelling independently in writing We will continue to extend this progress in all areas Parekawa's Kui and whanau gives her lots of support with her learning. (Mrs B)
March
We had an amazing March. Lots of learning and exciting activities. We even re-wrote our Goals as many students had already achieved them in one month. We continued with Getting Started ( Fitness /coordination programme), Kiwi Can (social skills & games), Patu(Maori fitness & sports programme) Grandparent’s reading(Rotary),Kapa Haka(Junior & Senior) and even found time to have a Dress up day as Heroes or Heroines. The students in Room 1 are loving learning and making great progress. We are Miharo.We rock. We show Aroha, Kaha and Mana.
Dress Up Day. Jump Jam for Fitness.
We listen to our Buddies and talk one at a time. Kapa Haka.
Getting Started.Getting a Free Pita Pat for lunch.
We do lots of things in Room 1. I have gone up 2 levels in Reading and I am on Level 12 now. I liked getting a free Pita pat for showing Aroha Kaha and Mana in Room 1. I am getting really good at Maths now. Sometimes we buddy with other kids and help them if they want us to. I like writing stories now. I can write 3 sentences now. I try to spell lots of my own words. Its fun at Getting Started too. (Parekawa)
I have been really encouraging Parekawa in Reading and she has made some very good progress since the beginning of the year in fluency, word solving and some other reading skills. She is also making very good progress in Writing and Maths. We will continue to work on extending Parekawa's Maths and progressing her Writing and Reading too at a faster level. I will especially extend her spelling , as she is independently attempting many of the words in her story writing now. (Mrs B)
February
February 2016. What a fabulous start to 2016. Room 1, (Miharo-because we are awesome), started learning straight away. No-one had forgotten their Reading and all came back to school at the same level. Two groups have moved up to the next level in just 3 weeks. We are all awesome at Maths and Story-writing and Inquiry too. In Inquiry we are learning about, “What Fairy Tales can teach us. "We love learning about all the stories and doing some of them with finger puppets. We are retelling them to our buddies or the class. We even did a play to the rest of the school with the finger puppets on Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, as well as a wall story. On Tuesdays we have Matua Jackson from Patu come and visit us. He takes us for Fitness and games for 40 minutes. We also have Getting Started again with Whaea Toni for ½ hour every Wed afternoon and Fri morning for ½ hour. We learn co-ordination and fitness. We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins. On Wednesday morning we have Kiwi Can with Whaea Adele and Matua Rocky for ½ hour. We learn about Respect for ourselves, others and property. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each. They help sponser our Duffy books. We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Patu (Fitness) with Matua Jackson. Kiwi Can with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky.
Getting Started with Whaea Toni
Our Inquiry on Fairy Tales. Parekawa as a monster.
I like all the activities we are doing this year. I like playing soccer with Matua Jackson. I got a goal 3 weeks ago. I can run fast now.. I think my mask is cool. I am a tiger. We wrote stories about it. I can write 3 sentences now and spell lots of words. I am Reading at Level 11 now. (Parekawa)
A small class is helping the learning in Reading Maths and Writing as the students are making excellent progress. We started Reading on the 2nd day of Term 1 and already Parekawa has gone up to a new level. She is at her age level in Spelling and also in Maths. (Mrs B)
2015
My Goals 2015
1.Learn to read books up to Level 12. 2.Learn to count up to 50. 3. Learn to ride a bike on the Pump Track.
Nov/Dec
Inquiry, ICT Visitors and Visiting.
A busy couple of months with lots of action and learning in Room 1. The Firemen visited us to teach us about fire safety. We know to get down, get low, get out fast. We also learnt lots when the Mobile Learning Centre came to Riverslea School. We used Robots,3D google cardboard,3D printers and ipads and apple computers.It was fun, we learnt lots and all had turns at using everything. We have been finding out all sorts of interesting things about space and the Solar system and planets in our Inquiry T4.We visited the Planetarium as well. The Hakinakina Athletics and Tabloids were fun. We also had a swim there. We had some fun end of year activities too like visiting and playing at the new playground at Windsor park. We also had a Wet and Wild fun day. We loved our Xmas glasses, our Secret Santas and all the candy canes and chocolate Santas we kept getting. Lots of us achieved our goals in learning. 2015 was a great year. Miharo is awesome. Merry Xmas everyone
At the Hakinakina Sports. Making toys on the 3D printer
Wet and Wild fun at school. Playing on the new playground at Windsor Park.
I liked making the 3D toys and using the robots too. We had fun at the playground and the Hakinakina sports too. I was good at running and swimming there. I am getting good at Maths I am at Stage 3 and can do addition by myself. I have gone up from Level 3 to Level 10 in reading.I am getting really good at Reading too. I can write 4 sentences in my stories and write many of my own words. I am great at riding a bike now (Parekawa)
October
Trips learning and fun.
We have had lots of learning and fun in Room 1 again this month. We have still been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things. We have learnt about Augumented Reality . That is when the pictures we look at with the ipad stand out and move. I like the alphabet animals and the dinosaurs They are cool. We have been involved in Nga Toi. We are making panels to put on the bike container. We showed our wheku masks at Assembly. Everyone liked them. We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ‘The Solar System’. We are learning lots of things about space and planets. It is really interesting. We are still making great progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. Some of us have gone up 12 levels in Reading this year already. Mr Twinn came to visit us again the other day. He showed us lots of photos of his trip to Scotland and England. We liked the castles and big mountain that he climbed (Ben Nevis) best of all. Our two trips were awesome. Look at the photos on our wikis and the school Facebook. The Omnigym was great .We learnt how to do lots of activities and use lots of equipment like bars, mats, benches, tramps, ropes and beams. We all loved the Fun trip to the Skatepark. We had fun on scooters and skateboards and on the playground. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Certificate at end of T3 assembly for Literacy
Learning on the ipad.Heavy and Light
Fun at the Skatepark and with Jump Jam
Omnigym
I loved the Omnigym best of all. It was so fun.we went on lots of things. ( Parekawa)
The children continued to learn both in books and on the ipads. They were involved in making art panels for the Bike shed in Nga Toi. They also started Jump Jam for Fitness every morning as a whole school. The trip to the Omnigym and Skatepark helped reinforce physical activity skills and fun (Mrs B)
September
Lots to learn and do.
In September we have still been learning and having fun in Room 1. We enjoy using the ipads for learning new things especially on SkoolBo. Hemara got a trophy, for the school, from them for getting 10,000 points. PMP is nearly finished. We have learnt lots of new activities and skills. We have finished our Inquiry “All About Me,” on ourselves and our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies. We know lots of things about our Inquiry now. We got some great results for reading and writing and Maths this term and have made some excellent progress in those areas. The best fun was the Hakinakina Cross country. We got 1st (Van) 2nd (Boyden) and 3rd (Hemara) in the Year 2 boys and 2nd (Hohepa) in the Year 1 Boys. The girls ran well too. The Duffy Role Model Assembly was great with Rob Mokoraka. We also got our Duffy books which were fabulous. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
The Hakinakina Cross Country and PMP inside on a wet day.
Learning 'All About Me', in our Inquiry. Singing the Duffy song at our book assembly.
I am learning a lot of new things on the ipads.I liked PMP and Dodge ball. I like my Duffy books too. I did the actions for the song in front of the school at the Duffy Assembly. My goals are bigger now as I am nearly up to them. I liked the Hakinakina Cross Country and my new Duffy books best. (Parekawa)
I like all the things that the students get involved in. Was very proud of the tamariki at the Hakinakina sports. PMP has stopped because of the price. I am going to hook into some training so that next year I can present the programme independently. ipad app learning is going well. I introduce an app and then let the students try it out themselves. Often they can come back 15 minutes later and show me something that I did not know. Parekawa is at Level 7 in Reading now and has gone up from Level 2 since the beginning of the year. She is now consolidating her reading skills and progressing more rapidly as a result. She can write 1 page of story independently and is at Stage 3 Maths.(Mrs B)
July/August
Visitors and learning
July and August have been great months for learning and fun in Room 1. We have been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things as well as fun activities like PMP. We had a Sports day with the Hastings City Council and leaders came such as Henare OKeefe (Duffy Books)and Paddy Stafford (Tamatea Rugby Club) as well as a policewoman and other helpers. They cooked us a sausage sizzle for lunch and we played lots of great games too. Paddy also donated some Rugby balls for us to use. We have been involved in Nga Toi. We loved making our wheku masks. They look cool and scary. We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ourselves and our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies this term. Hearty from the Heart foundation came to visit our school and ran around the track with the children. We were lucky as Mrs Donaldson and her daughter Michelle raised money for new sports equipment for the Junior school. We love all the new gear. We are becoming amazing at reading and writing and Maths this term and have made some great progress in that area. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
I love learning and playing with my friends.
Sports is fun too with Henare OKeefe and our new sports gear.
Hearty is running with us. My scary wheku mask.
I liked the Sports day and playing with all our new sports gear that Mrs Donaldson's daughter got us. I liked getting my face painted too. Hearty talked about being healthy. My mask is colourful. The best things I like is learning reading, writing and Maths on the ipads and playing and learning with my friends. (Parekawa)
We had lots of fun activities again in July and August. I spent these months supporting the children in all the activities such as sports days and Hearty's visit. We had lots of fun making wheku masks. They looked amazing. The children wrote stories about them and put them up on the wall. The tamariki are learning a lot on the ipads to help their progress in reading, writing and Maths. (Mrs Bennett)
June
Lots of fun connections and activities.
June was another amazing month in Room 1 (Miharo) We watched the Bike container being shifted by a huge crane. We are going to put Art (Nga Toi) all over it and make it a feature of our school. We were involved in the Preschool opening. Room 1 helped make pizzas for the kai and sung waiata after the speeches. We had the Duffy Theatre visit and got our Duffy books. We learnt Te Reo Kori with Sport HB and went in a school Te Reo Kori tournament. We went in a Hakinakina Rippa Rugby tournament with other schools. We won lots of games. We Skyped Mr Twinn at his Dad’s place in Scotland. We all asked him questions and showed him pictures. He sent us photos too. It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ. June was another awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
At the Preschool Opening.We sang Tutira Mai. The Duffy Theatre was cool. I liked making 'Not Perfect' Hats. We won lots of games in Rippa Rugby.
We skyped Mr Twinn in Scotland. I showed him the picture I drew of him.
I liked the Duffy Theatre. They made us really laugh. I got my new Duffy book.It was from the actor We were good at Rippa Rugby . We won most of the games. My 2 Kui's came to watch me. It was cold. The best thing was Skyping Mr Twinn.He showed us outside his house in Scotland. I showed him the picture that I drew of him. (Parekawa)
We had lots of fun activities this month.I spent the month supporting the children in all the activities and helping organise many of them such as kai for the preschool opening(Our class made pizzas), The Duffy Theatre,The Hakinakina Rippa Rugby between 4 other schools and Skyping Mr Twinn (our ex Student Teacher) in Scotland (Mrs Bennett)
May
May saw Mr Twinn, Student Teacher and Matua Torp as part of Room 1. We had lots of adventures and learning. We were involved in lots of fun things. We shared some of our experiences through ,Write about it and Book Creator ipad apps. Some of those connections, which is what our Inquiry is about this term, were our trip to Mr McFarlane’s farm where we saw sheep, cows ,bulls and a helicopter. Seeing Whaea Anne and Harold the giraffe in the Life Education truck taught us about not bullying and being nice to others. We had an artist Matua Brandon Blair who came to school to talk about that and get us to draw posters too. We learnt about and practised using our WITS (Walk away, Ignore, Tell someone eg a teacher and make a Statement eg ‘Stop it ,I don’t like it.”) from Mrs Bennett. Some students made connections with Matua Manu and did Nga Toi, making kowhaiwhai patterns on rocks. We made other connections with the Preschool, Mrs Donaldson, the librarian, our whanau, Mr Twinn, Matua Torp, our buddies from other classes eg Buddy reading and sharing in oral language in R1, and Greg Murphy a formula 1 racing car driver (Whaea Monique-student teacher in R2s husband), who came to school to speak to us and show us all his racing gear. Hohepa tried on his $5,000 helmet. We also had a school party to say goodbye to Mr Twinn and Whaea Monique who had been student teachers at our school for 7 weeks. It was sad to see them go.We hope they come back and visit us. One of our biggest connections was using Skype. We connected to Mr Twinn’s Dad in Scotland. It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ. He showed us the model planes that he flies and that we had seen on videos on youtube. He also showed us a picture of Mr Twinn as a little boy. We showed him the planes that we had made and sung him our new Riverslea song andTutira Mai Nga Iwi. We liked it when the circus came to visit us too. The performers could do all sorts of tricks. May was an awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
Farm visit, ipads and connections
Making connections with Mr MacFarlane at the farm. Looking at the sheep close up.
In the Life Education truck with Whaea Anne learning about being nice to others and not bullying as well as staying healthy.
Making a Write about it story with Naz on the ipad.Buddies sharing ideas on connections.
Talking to Mr Twinn's Dad on Skype in Scotland. He showed us his model planes and we showed him the planes we had made.
Taking part in the Preschool's Jump Rope for Heart. Watching the circus that came to school.
We had fun doing lots of things. I liked the trip to the Farm. I liked all the animals that we saw there. I am getting good on the ipads now. I am also getting good at reading. I am at Level 4 now. I have gone up in Maths and can write 3 sentences and try and spell words by myself. I liked the circus too and the Jump Rope for Heart too. (Parekawa)
Parekawa is starting to progress steadily in reading now. She is learning new words and skills and is showing an interest in her reading. She has gone up to stage 2 in Maths and is developing independence in storywriting. Next I want to accelerate her reading progress. She is working in a small group with me of 2 students. I also want to extend her writing and Maths skills. She always takes an interest in her learning and tries her best. Lots of praise and positive reinforcement and motivating work will help her continue to accelerate her progress. (Mrs B)
April
We have started studying Matariki this term and our focus is on Connections. We are going to have lots of fun making connections everywhere. Next week we are going to a farm where Mr Twinn, the student teacher in R1 used to work. We will make connections with the Farmer Mr McFarlane and the animals. We have made connections already with the Riverslea Preschool and with Toni Ben and Graham who come to help us do PMP activities for fitness and coordination. We also made connections with Wendy and Bridget from the Hastings council. We picked up Litter around our school. It was cool meeting Jocelyn Cowan who gave our school a certificate for being Sunsmart. We also had Whaea Korina our Health Nurse talking about Healthy Foods at Assembly. We will make lots of other connections this term. We know what reading levels we are at and have been doing Geometry and Time in Maths. We know o’clock and half past. We are all improving in our reading. We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now. We are still learning to write FABULOUS stories. We liked Easter as we made Easter eggs and had lots of chocolate. We also made a Comic Life about our Geometry shapes that we found outside around the school and learnt how to make a Puppet Pal presentation on the ipads. Matua Torp is now working in our class too helping all the tamariki. (Mrs B)
I likedmaking Easter eggs at Easter time. I painted a face on mine. I am getting better at reading. I am nearly on Level 4 now. I want to write longer stories in writing I am starting to spell some of my own words.. My goal is to be good at writing my own words in my stories. I also want to be faster at running. I liked balancing on the spinning things in PMP. (Parekawa)
I want to further extend Parekawa in reading. She is working in a group of 2 so that I can target her individual needs. She is making steady progress. I also want to help Parekawa extend her spelling skills in story-writing Next we will also develop her counting on in Mathematics as well. (Mrs B)
Maths, PMP,Connections.
Parekawa getting the Citizenship Award at T1 Prize-giving Assembly. Making Easter eggs.
Making a Comic Life with Naz about shapes outside. Balancing in PMP.
March
We have had another busy but fun month in March , with lots of different things happening. We went to the Hakinakina swimming sports at the Aquatic centre on a bus. We swam with Whare Tapere, Bridge Pa and Mangateretere. We had fun and loved all the games and free swim. In the Seniors Exzodia and Mohi-Tarau got lots of certificates. We got some new lego in the class and had lots of fun building all sorts of things. We also went on a class trip as we are studying Turangawaewae. We went to the Transfer Station at Flaxmere. We looked at all the Recycling and the rubbish. We helped Mrs Versey sort out some recycling and put them in the right bins. We saw all the rubbish and know what happens to it now. Afterwards we went to the Hastings skatepark and playground. We enjoyed it there going up and down all the ramps. We brought our scooters and had lunch there too. Mrs Versey also came to school and showed us how to make recycled paper. It came out grey. We also had Mr Mac and Doug the Digger come to Riverslea again for another Role Model Assembly for Duffy.We got our Duffy books and saw Mr Macs big truck. We had the Police, Firemen and Ambulance people come and visit us too. That was really cool. (Mrs B & R1)
I liked the Transfer Station. I saw all the Recycling. I had fun at the skatepark. We made paper in class. It took days to dry. I like Mr Mac's truck. We got our Duffy books. ( Parekawa)
Recycling, Swimming and Learning
At the Hakinakina swimming sports. Making a lego building on a wet day.
Recycling. Showing what makes compost. At the Transfer Station.
Getting a Keep Hastings Beautiful badge. Helping to make recycled paper
Fun at the Skatepark. Looking at the Fire Engine at school.
February
What a busy but fun start to the school year Room 1 has had. We have had fun improving our skills on the bike track. That is a goal of many in the class. We have had lots of testing to see what progress we have made and where to next. We have set our 3 goals and are trying to achieve them. We are studying Turangawaewae and focussing on our environment. Room 1, Miharo, are looking at Recycling. We know what reading levels we are at and can now do graphs in Maths. We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now. We are also learning to write FABULOUS stories. Below are pictures of the bike track and / or us on ipads learning Literacy and Numeracy on our new app SkoolBo. Also a picture of the graphs that we can do and a story that we each wrote. Miharo is cool. Miharo is awesome. (Mrs B)
I can ride on the Pump Track now but go on the little hills. I like SkoolBo and other learning apps on the ipad . I am getting faster at running. I am the fastest girl in the class sometimes. I am learning to spell some of my own words in my stories. I am at Level 3 in Reading now I am getting really good at counting in Maths too. (Parekawa)
Next goals for Parekawa are to write 3 sentences spelling some of her own words in story writing. Parekawa is counting well up to 24. She is now learning to do simple addition in Maths as well. She is keen to learn and always tries her best. She is making good progress and enjoys using the ipads to learn. She is also getting better on the Pump track but still likes going on the smaller hills. ( Mrs B)
Maths ipads and Writing
Parekawa's Maths graph. She is starting to write her own stories now. Parekawa on the Pump track
Parekawa learning Maths on the ipad. Parekawa building a Recycling plant on the ipad with her buddy NaZ.
2014
My name is Parekawa. I am 5 years old. I am in Room 2. I am at Riverslea School.
My Goals 2014
1.Learn to read lots of books. 2.Learn to write stories 3. Learn all my alphabet.
November/December
We have been very busy with the 4th term activities. -We had a Survivor day, related to our term Inquiry “Survival.” We did relays like Crossing the Road, In the City, Water Safety , Mountain safety etc. The tamariki loved them. Thanks to Sally from Sports HB for lending us all the equipment for 2 afternoons. -We have still been learning with Maths and Writing and Reading. Some children have made amazing progress. A writing focus is on my teacher registration wiki, as it was one of my classroom goals for the year. -We started swimming again in the school pool. All the children are water confident except for one. -We attended the Hakinakina Athletics day at the HB Sports Park against 7 other schools. Some children got placed in their age group, -We all rode in a Double Decker bus to Cornwall park, where we fed the ducks , looked at the birds, played in the playground and had a swim on the Splash pad. -Miharo joined the Preschool for their Xmas party at Inflatable World which they really enjoyed. - Lots of tamariki got trophies at Prizegiving. -The most amazing event though was our trip to Haumoana Zoo. This was again related to our Inquiry, the focus being on Survival and animals. The children fed the lambs, brushed the donkey, said Hello to the talking Cockatiel, led a Llama around the zoo , held rats and guinea pigs and saw 35 different animals and birds. To top it all off they had a fun playground too. -The tamariki have been involved in lots of educational activities and learning as well as outdoor education experiences too. What a busy and fun term it has been. Only the school Disco to go. ( Mrs Bennett)
I liked going to Inflatable world and Cornwall Park. They were lots of fun. My 2 Kui came to Inflatable World too. The best thing was holding the guinea pigs and feeding the lambs at the Haumoana Zoo. We saw how they survived. I can read up to Level 2 now and copy the words in my own story. I am good at Maths too. (Parekawa)
November
ipads
Parekawa learning words on the app Eggy words.
I am learning to use Reading and Maths apps on the ipad. Mrs Bennett and Kauri helped me. I Like Eggy words and the alphabet one. ( Parekawa) I guided Partekawa to learn new apps for reading words and learning the alphabet. Kauri, her ipad partner,also helped her and showed her what to do when she was unsure. Parekawa is learning new apps quickly.( Mrs Bennett)
The Bike Track
I can now ride a bike around the bike track. I have just started school. I like riding the bikes. (Parekawa) I am encouraging and supporting Parekawa to develop her biking skills. I give her lots of opportunities to practise her skills. She enjoys riding around the track. Soon she may try riding on the PUMP track ( Mrs Bennett)
Table of Contents
2016
Pepeha
Ko Te Arawa te iwiKo Hikairo toku papa
Ko Anjelica toku mama
Ko Materita taku tuahine
Ko Te Arai taku tungane
Ko Heretaunga toku kainga
Ko Riverslea toku kura
Ko Parekawa taku ingoa
No reira
tena koutou
tena koutou
tena koutou
katoa
My Goals 2016
Feb
Mar/Updated in May
Term 3 (Extended in Term 4)
Term 4 2016
Term 4 was full of learning and activities.We had lots of things going on at Riverslea and around.
We had an awesome Duffy Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger and Peter Charlton Jones.
We also had the School Cross Country and also did lots of Play based learning
to try to learn to share and cooperate and work together.
We went to the A and P Show as well as visited Barnadoes Preschool
and the Riverslea Community Preschool, who also visited us.
We loved Skipping and Jump Rope for Heart.
The trip to Napier and the Aquarium was fun.
We had the School Prizegiving and made up our own song “The 12 Days of Riverslea Christmas”
We are all looking forward to Xmas and Next year
(Mrs B )
I have reached my goal for Reading and have gone up 8 levels in reading this year.
I am at Level 18 which is at National Standard.
I am at Stage 4 Maths which is at National Standard
and have gone up from Stage 3 to Stage 4 this year.
I have also gone up a level in Writing and am at National Standard.
Parekawa
August/Sept
We are still learning and being involved in lots of activities. Our Inquiry has been about the Rio Olympics 2016.We learnt a lot about different countries and different sports. We each had our own country at the Olympics.
Harmony’s country USA came first with the most medals. They got 116 medals ( 43gold, 37 silver, 36 bronze).
Te Orihana came 2nd with Great Britain who got 66 medals. Kadyn had NZ who got 18 medals (4gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze).
We also watched some of the ParaOlympics which made the students aware of different disabilities
and how people use ways to overcome them to win medals eg Blind cyclists and runners and swimmers with only 1 leg.
We had our own school Olympics which the students loved. They also got medals. Participation for the tabloids
and Gold, Silver ,Bronze for the age races. It was well supported by whanau.
All students have made great progress, some being a year above in Reading and 6 months above in Writing and Maths.
This term Room 1 has also been involved in a NZ wide programme for Junior classes called #NZReadAloud.
We connect with other classes around NZ (10 in all) from Auckland to Dunedin and share our ideas, art work,
writing etc on a blog. It is all related to a common chosen book that we are all reading to our class.
It is called A Booming in the Night By Ben Brown , a NZ author.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games.
This Term we are learning about Cooperation (Whanaungatanga) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass.
We have had ‘Getting started’ again T3 with a council funded programme on fitness and coordination skills.
We have had Whaea Toni and Matua Julian this term.
Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday has continued.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 minutes each. They help sponser our Duffy books.
We had a Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger (storyteller) and Peter Charlton-Jones (musician)
and got our Duffy books for the Term.We also had 2 Role Models form Karamu High come to talk to use about being leaders.
We were lucky to have Mr Kevin a Preschool Teacher volunteer time 2 days a week for most of the term.
He fixed all of our school bikes for us. The children are loving being out on the bike track again.
Whaea Monique (Student Teacher from last year) also volunteers in the classes 2 days a week.
It is great to have her skills and empathy with the students.
Another highlight for the students was a visit from 2 Magpies Chris Eaton and Matt Garland.
They talked to the students about being role models and then took them for games.
They loved the Touch Rugby.
It has been another awesome term for Miharo (Room1).
School Olympics and my Gold Medal for Running.
Getting started activities. The Magpies Rugby team.Playing Touch Rugby.
My Nga Toi tile. Koru pattern.
I liked winning the Gold medal for the 5 and 6 year old girls race at the Olympics.
I had been practising to get fast.
I have gone up another 2 levels in Reading to Level 17.
The books are getting harder now with words I don't know about.
I still love Reading and Spelling and I still always get my words right every week.
I like doing Maths in the books and I am imaging (thinking it in my head).I am on Stage 4.
It was fun playing Touch Rugby with Matt the Magpie Rugby guy..
(Parekawa)
Parekawa has been making excellent progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
She has a great give it a go attitude and tries anything new.
If she isn't quite sure she asks for help and then says "I've got it now."
She is very popular in class and has many friends.
She always joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom.
Next we want to further extend her Reading progress(Expected Level 17 in Oct .)
We have achieved our goal to get to National Standard level (Level 17) by the end of T3
Next we will work towards Level 19/20 by the end of the year.
We will continue to consolidate and extend her written language including
language features.She is still working at National Standard level. She is spelling most of her own words
and attempting others using a range of skills.(eg picture, sense, beginning sound etc)
She still uses imagination and writes for an audience.
In Maths we are still aiming to reach the end of Stage 4 by the end of the year.
(Mrs B)
June/July
June and July were also busy months with 2 weeks holiday in July for the end of Term 2.We are all still making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry.
Some students have gone up several levels in Reading
and they, and others, moved up stages in Maths and Writing as well.
In Inquiry we are learning about the Olympic Games in Rio in Term 3.
We loved our Inquiry about Flight and learnt a lot.
We always have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings.
We have fun finding out the information.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky.
We also have Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
We just had a Duffy Theatre performance about Time Travel and got our Duffy books for the Term. It was great fun.
We also had lots of learning with our class buddies and our school buddies too.
We had Irene Van Dyke a famous NZ Netballer come to speak to us. She was very tall (6ft 3 inches).
She gave us all a bag from Netball Hawkes Bay and some balls for our PE gear.
Paora came from the Council to help us set up a new worm garden. We got to hold the worms. They were slimy.
We also had Todd and Nathan from the Army come and teach us how to march and do push ups.
We are Miharo too.We are awesome
With my school buddy. Being the Teacher.
Inquiry Flight. Duffy Theatre
Marching with Nathan the Army guy.
We have been doing lots of things at school.
I have gone up another level in Reading (Level 15) and I am going on Level 16 next week.
I still love Reading and Spelling and I still always get my words right every week.
I am getting really good at Maths now too.I am on Stage 4.
The Duffy Theatre was funny. I liked marching with Nathan from the Army.
(Parekawa)
Parekawa has been making excellent progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
She is responsible and helpful class member who loves learning.
She is very popular in class and has many friends.
She joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom.
She has a very good memory too.
(She enjoys games in class eg Fish, Memory etc.
Next we want to further extend her Reading progress(Expected Level 15.)
Our goal is to get to National Standard level (Level 17) by the end of T3.
Also to consolidate and extend her written language including
language features.She is working at National Standard and is
beginning to use expression, feelings and language features.
She also uses imagination and writes for an audience.
In Maths to reach the end of Stage 4 by the end of the year.
She has just started Stage 4 and has developed confidence and is imaging well.
(Mrs B)
April/May
We are all making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry too.In Inquiry we are learning about Flight and how it effects people, animals and insects.
We have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings.
They are up on our Inquiry wall for everyone to keep looking at and thinking about.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games.
This Term we are learning about Resilience (Taikaha) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass.
We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins.
We are learning lots of waiata.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each still.
They help sponser our Duffy books.
We had a Role Model Assembly and got our Duffy books for the Term.
We also had a visit from Harold and the Life Education Truck with Whaea Anne.
We all like Harold.
We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Reading my story to assembly. Learning to write lots of words.
Getting my Duffy Book from Mr Reed. Helping Whaea Anne in Life Education Truck.
Doing Kapa Haka
I like all the learning we do at school.My Kui is very proud of me.
I have gone up another level in Reading and I am going on Level 14 on Monday.
I like Reading and Spelling. I always get my words right every week.
I getting really good at Reading now too.
I am getting to be one of the best in the class at Maths.We have been learning about Time.
My buddy in class is Arnold.
I liked it when Harold came in the big truck.
I helped Whaea Anne with the Healthy Food.
I like Kapa Haka too.We are learning lots of waiata. (Parekawa)
I have still been really encouraging Parekawa in Reading and she is making very good progress.
She is at the reading level she needs to be at for her age.
Parekawa is also making very good progress in Writing and Maths.
She is beginning to image in Maths and trying most her own spelling independently in writing
We will continue to extend this progress in all areas
Parekawa's Kui and whanau gives her lots of support with her learning.
(Mrs B)
March
We had an amazing March. Lots of learning and exciting activities.We even re-wrote our Goals as many students had already achieved
them in one month.
We continued with Getting Started ( Fitness /coordination programme),
Kiwi Can (social skills & games), Patu(Maori fitness & sports programme)
Grandparent’s reading(Rotary),Kapa Haka(Junior & Senior)
and even found time to have a Dress up day as Heroes or Heroines.
The students in Room 1 are loving learning and making great progress.
We are Miharo.We rock. We show Aroha, Kaha and Mana.
Dress Up Day. Jump Jam for Fitness.
We listen to our Buddies and talk one at a time. Kapa Haka.
Getting Started.Getting a Free Pita Pat for lunch.
We do lots of things in Room 1. I have gone up 2 levels in Reading and I am on Level 12 now.
I liked getting a free Pita pat for showing Aroha Kaha and Mana in Room 1.
I am getting really good at Maths now.
Sometimes we buddy with other kids and help them if they want us to.
I like writing stories now. I can write 3 sentences now.
I try to spell lots of my own words.
Its fun at Getting Started too. (Parekawa)
I have been really encouraging Parekawa in Reading and she has made some very good progress
since the beginning of the year in fluency, word solving and some other reading skills.
She is also making very good progress in Writing and Maths.
We will continue to work on extending Parekawa's Maths
and progressing her Writing and Reading too at a faster level.
I will especially extend her spelling ,
as she is independently attempting many of the words in her story writing now.
(Mrs B)
February
February 2016.What a fabulous start to 2016. Room 1, (Miharo-because we are awesome),
started learning straight away.
No-one had forgotten their Reading and all came back to school at the same level.
Two groups have moved up to the next level in just 3 weeks.
We are all awesome at Maths and Story-writing and Inquiry too.
In Inquiry we are learning about, “What Fairy Tales can teach us.
"We love learning about all the stories and doing some of them with finger puppets.
We are retelling them to our buddies or the class.
We even did a play to the rest of the school with the finger puppets on
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, as well as a wall story.
On Tuesdays we have Matua Jackson from Patu come and visit us.
He takes us for Fitness and games for 40 minutes.
We also have Getting Started again with Whaea Toni for ½ hour
every Wed afternoon and Fri morning for ½ hour.
We learn co-ordination and fitness.
We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins.
On Wednesday morning we have Kiwi Can with Whaea Adele and Matua Rocky for ½ hour.
We learn about Respect for ourselves, others and property.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each. They help sponser our Duffy books.
We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Patu (Fitness) with Matua Jackson. Kiwi Can with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky.
Getting Started with Whaea Toni
Our Inquiry on Fairy Tales. Parekawa as a monster.
I like all the activities we are doing this year.
I like playing soccer with Matua Jackson. I got a goal 3 weeks ago.
I can run fast now..
I think my mask is cool. I am a tiger.
We wrote stories about it. I can write 3 sentences now and spell lots of words.
I am Reading at Level 11 now. (Parekawa)
A small class is helping the learning in Reading Maths and Writing
as the students are making excellent progress.
We started Reading on the 2nd day of Term 1
and already Parekawa has gone up to a new level.
She is at her age level in Spelling and also in Maths. (Mrs B)
2015
My Goals 2015
1.Learn to read books up to Level 12.2. Learn to count up to 50.
3. Learn to ride a bike on the Pump Track.
Nov/Dec
Inquiry, ICT Visitors and Visiting.
A busy couple of months with lots of action and learning in Room 1.
The Firemen visited us to teach us about fire safety.
We know to get down, get low, get out fast.
We also learnt lots when the Mobile Learning Centre came to Riverslea School.
We used Robots,3D google cardboard,3D printers and ipads
and apple computers.It was fun, we learnt lots and all had turns at using everything.
We have been finding out all sorts of interesting things about space
and the Solar system and planets in our Inquiry T4.We visited the Planetarium as well.
The Hakinakina Athletics and Tabloids were fun. We also had a swim there.
We had some fun end of year activities too like visiting
and playing at the new playground at Windsor park.
We also had a Wet and Wild fun day.
We loved our Xmas glasses, our Secret Santas
and all the candy canes and chocolate Santas we kept getting.
Lots of us achieved our goals in learning.
2015 was a great year.
Miharo is awesome.
Merry Xmas everyone
At the Hakinakina Sports. Making toys on the 3D printer
Wet and Wild fun at school. Playing on the new playground at Windsor Park.
I liked making the 3D toys and using the robots too.
We had fun at the playground and the Hakinakina sports too.
I was good at running and swimming there.
I am getting good at Maths I am at Stage 3 and can do addition by myself.
I have gone up from Level 3 to Level 10 in reading.I am getting really good at Reading too.
I can write 4 sentences in my stories and write many of my own words.
I am great at riding a bike now
(Parekawa)
October
Trips learning and fun.
We have had lots of learning and fun in Room 1 again this month.
We have still been learning lots with our buddies
and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things.
We have learnt about Augumented Reality .
That is when the pictures we look at with the ipad stand out and move.
I like the alphabet animals and the dinosaurs They are cool.
We have been involved in Nga Toi. We are making panels to put on the bike container.
We showed our wheku masks at Assembly. Everyone liked them.
We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ‘The Solar System’.
We are learning lots of things about space and planets. It is really interesting.
We are still making great progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
Some of us have gone up 12 levels in Reading this year already.
Mr Twinn came to visit us again the other day.
He showed us lots of photos of his trip to Scotland and England.
We liked the castles and big mountain that he climbed (Ben Nevis) best of all.
Our two trips were awesome. Look at the photos on our wikis and the school Facebook.
The Omnigym was great .We learnt how to do lots of activities
and use lots of equipment like bars, mats, benches, tramps, ropes and beams.
We all loved the Fun trip to the Skatepark.
We had fun on scooters and skateboards and on the playground.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Certificate at end of T3 assembly for Literacy
Learning on the ipad.Heavy and Light
Fun at the Skatepark and with Jump Jam
Omnigym
I loved the Omnigym best of all. It was so fun.we went on lots of things. ( Parekawa)
The children continued to learn both in books and on the ipads.
They were involved in making art panels for the Bike shed in Nga Toi.
They also started Jump Jam for Fitness every morning as a whole school.
The trip to the Omnigym and Skatepark helped reinforce physical activity skills and fun
(Mrs B)
September
Lots to learn and do.
In September we have still been learning and having fun in Room 1.We enjoy using the ipads for learning new things especially on SkoolBo.
Hemara got a trophy, for the school, from them for getting 10,000 points.
PMP is nearly finished. We have learnt lots of new activities and skills.
We have finished our Inquiry “All About Me,” on ourselves and our whanau
and friends and our healthy bodies. We know lots of things about our Inquiry now.
We got some great results for reading and writing and Maths this term
and have made some excellent progress in those areas.
The best fun was the Hakinakina Cross country. We got 1st (Van) 2nd (Boyden) and 3rd (Hemara)
in the Year 2 boys and 2nd (Hohepa) in the Year 1 Boys. The girls ran well too.
The Duffy Role Model Assembly was great with Rob Mokoraka.
We also got our Duffy books which were fabulous.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
The Hakinakina Cross Country and PMP inside on a wet day.
Learning 'All About Me', in our Inquiry. Singing the Duffy song at our book assembly.
I am learning a lot of new things on the ipads.I liked PMP and Dodge ball.
I like my Duffy books too. I did the actions for the song in front of the school at the Duffy Assembly.
My goals are bigger now as I am nearly up to them.
I liked the Hakinakina Cross Country and my new Duffy books best.
(Parekawa)
I like all the things that the students get involved in.
Was very proud of the tamariki at the Hakinakina sports.
PMP has stopped because of the price.
I am going to hook into some training so that next year I can present
the programme independently.
ipad app learning is going well.
I introduce an app and then let the students try it out themselves.
Often they can come back 15 minutes later and show me something that I did not know.
Parekawa is at Level 7 in Reading now and has gone up from Level 2
since the beginning of the year. She is now consolidating her reading skills
and progressing more rapidly as a result.
She can write 1 page of story independently and is at Stage 3 Maths.(Mrs B)
July/August
Visitors and learning
July and August have been great months for learning and fun in Room 1.
We have been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads
for learning new things as well as fun activities like PMP.
We had a Sports day with the Hastings City Council and leaders came such as
Henare OKeefe (Duffy Books)and Paddy Stafford (Tamatea Rugby Club) as well as
a policewoman and other helpers. They cooked us a sausage sizzle for lunch
and we played lots of great games too. Paddy also donated some Rugby balls for us to use.
We have been involved in Nga Toi. We loved making our wheku masks. They look cool and scary.
We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ourselves and
our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies this term.
Hearty from the Heart foundation came to visit our school and ran around the track with the children.
We were lucky as Mrs Donaldson and her daughter Michelle
raised money for new sports equipment for the Junior school. We love all the new gear.
We are becoming amazing at reading and writing and Maths this term
and have made some great progress in that area.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
I love learning and playing with my friends.
Sports is fun too with Henare OKeefe and our new sports gear.
Hearty is running with us. My scary wheku mask.
I liked the Sports day and playing with all our new sports gear that Mrs Donaldson's daughter got us.
I liked getting my face painted too.
Hearty talked about being healthy. My mask is colourful.
The best things I like is learning reading, writing and Maths on the ipads
and playing and learning with my friends.
(Parekawa)
We had lots of fun activities again in July and August.
I spent these months supporting the children in all the activities
such as sports days and Hearty's visit.
We had lots of fun making wheku masks. They looked amazing.
The children wrote stories about them and put them up on the wall.
The tamariki are learning a lot on the ipads to help their progress in reading, writing and Maths.
(Mrs Bennett)
June
Lots of fun connections and activities.
June was another amazing month in Room 1 (Miharo)
We watched the Bike container being shifted by a huge crane.
We are going to put Art (Nga Toi) all over it and make it a feature of our school.
We were involved in the Preschool opening.
Room 1 helped make pizzas for the kai and sung waiata after the speeches.
We had the Duffy Theatre visit and got our Duffy books.
We learnt Te Reo Kori with Sport HB and went in a school Te Reo Kori tournament.
We went in a Hakinakina Rippa Rugby tournament with other schools. We won lots of games.
We Skyped Mr Twinn at his Dad’s place in Scotland.
We all asked him questions and showed him pictures. He sent us photos too.
It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ.
June was another awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
At the Preschool Opening.We sang Tutira Mai. The Duffy Theatre was cool.
I liked making 'Not Perfect' Hats. We won lots of games in Rippa Rugby.
We skyped Mr Twinn in Scotland. I showed him the picture I drew of him.
I liked the Duffy Theatre. They made us really laugh.
I got my new Duffy book.It was from the actor
We were good at Rippa Rugby . We won most of the games.
My 2 Kui's came to watch me. It was cold.
The best thing was Skyping Mr Twinn.He showed us outside his house in Scotland.
I showed him the picture that I drew of him.
(Parekawa)
We had lots of fun activities this month.I spent the month supporting the children in all the activities
and helping organise many of them such as kai for the preschool opening(Our class made pizzas),
The Duffy Theatre,The Hakinakina Rippa Rugby between 4 other schools and Skyping Mr Twinn
(our ex Student Teacher) in Scotland
(Mrs Bennett)
May
May saw Mr Twinn, Student Teacher and Matua Torp as part of Room 1.We had lots of adventures and learning. We were involved in lots of fun things.
We shared some of our experiences through ,Write about it and Book Creator ipad apps.
Some of those connections, which is what our Inquiry is about this term,
were our trip to Mr McFarlane’s farm where we saw sheep, cows ,bulls and a helicopter.
Seeing Whaea Anne and Harold the giraffe in the Life Education truck taught us
about not bullying and being nice to others.
We had an artist Matua Brandon Blair who came to school to talk about that and get us to draw posters too.
We learnt about and practised using our WITS (Walk away, Ignore, Tell someone eg a teacher
and make a Statement eg ‘Stop it ,I don’t like it.”) from Mrs Bennett.
Some students made connections with Matua Manu and did Nga Toi, making kowhaiwhai patterns on rocks.
We made other connections with the Preschool, Mrs Donaldson, the librarian, our whanau,
Mr Twinn, Matua Torp, our buddies from other classes eg Buddy reading and sharing in oral language in R1,
and Greg Murphy a formula 1 racing car driver (Whaea Monique-student teacher in R2s husband),
who came to school to speak to us and show us all his racing gear. Hohepa tried on his $5,000 helmet.
We also had a school party to say goodbye to Mr Twinn
and Whaea Monique who had been student teachers at our school for 7 weeks.
It was sad to see them go.We hope they come back and visit us.
One of our biggest connections was using Skype. We connected to Mr Twinn’s Dad in Scotland.
It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ.
He showed us the model planes that he flies and that we had seen on videos on youtube.
He also showed us a picture of Mr Twinn as a little boy.
We showed him the planes that we had made and sung him our new Riverslea song and Tutira Mai Nga Iwi.
We liked it when the circus came to visit us too. The performers could do all sorts of tricks.
May was an awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
Farm visit, ipads and connections
Making connections with Mr MacFarlane at the farm. Looking at the sheep close up.
In the Life Education truck with Whaea Anne learning about
being nice to others and not bullying as well as staying healthy.
Making a Write about it story with Naz on the ipad. Buddies sharing ideas on connections.
Talking to Mr Twinn's Dad on Skype in Scotland. He showed us his model planes and we showed him the planes we had made.
Taking part in the Preschool's Jump Rope for Heart. Watching the circus that came to school.
We had fun doing lots of things.
I liked the trip to the Farm. I liked all the animals that we saw there.
I am getting good on the ipads now.
I am also getting good at reading.
I am at Level 4 now.
I have gone up in Maths and can write 3 sentences
and try and spell words by myself.
I liked the circus too and the Jump Rope for Heart too.
(Parekawa)
Parekawa is starting to progress steadily in reading now.
She is learning new words and skills and is showing an interest in her reading.
She has gone up to stage 2 in Maths and is developing independence in storywriting.
Next I want to accelerate her reading progress. She is working in a small group with me of 2 students.
I also want to extend her writing and Maths skills.
She always takes an interest in her learning and tries her best.
Lots of praise and positive reinforcement and motivating work
will help her continue to accelerate her progress.
(Mrs B)
April
We have started studying Matariki this term and our focus is on Connections.We are going to have lots of fun making connections everywhere.
Next week we are going to a farm where Mr Twinn, the student teacher in R1 used to work.
We will make connections with the Farmer Mr McFarlane and the animals.
We have made connections already with the Riverslea Preschool
and with Toni Ben and Graham who come to help us do PMP activities for fitness and coordination.
We also made connections with Wendy and Bridget from the Hastings council.
We picked up Litter around our school.
It was cool meeting Jocelyn Cowan who gave our school a certificate for being Sunsmart.
We also had Whaea Korina our Health Nurse talking about Healthy Foods at Assembly.
We will make lots of other connections this term.
We know what reading levels we are at and have been doing Geometry and Time in Maths.
We know o’clock and half past.
We are all improving in our reading.
We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now.
We are still learning to write FABULOUS stories.
We liked Easter as we made Easter eggs and had lots of chocolate.
We also made a Comic Life about our Geometry shapes that we found outside around the school
and learnt how to make a Puppet Pal presentation on the ipads.
Matua Torp is now working in our class too helping all the tamariki.
(Mrs B)
I liked making Easter eggs at Easter time.
I painted a face on mine.
I am getting better at reading.
I am nearly on Level 4 now.
I want to write longer stories in writing
I am starting to spell some of my own words..
My goal is to be good at writing my own words in my stories.
I also want to be faster at running.
I liked balancing on the spinning things in PMP.
(Parekawa)
I want to further extend Parekawa in reading.
She is working in a group of 2 so that I can target her individual needs.
She is making steady progress.
I also want to help Parekawa extend her spelling skills in story-writing
Next we will also develop her counting on in Mathematics as well.
(Mrs B)
Maths, PMP,Connections.
Parekawa getting the Citizenship Award at T1 Prize-giving Assembly. Making Easter eggs.
Making a Comic Life with Naz about shapes outside. Balancing in PMP.
March
We have had another busy but fun month in March , with lots of different things happening.We went to the Hakinakina swimming sports at the Aquatic centre on a bus.
We swam with Whare Tapere, Bridge Pa and Mangateretere.
We had fun and loved all the games and free swim.
In the Seniors Exzodia and Mohi-Tarau got lots of certificates.
We got some new lego in the class and had lots of fun building all sorts of things.
We also went on a class trip as we are studying Turangawaewae.
We went to the Transfer Station at Flaxmere. We looked at all the Recycling and the rubbish.
We helped Mrs Versey sort out some recycling and put them in the right bins.
We saw all the rubbish and know what happens to it now.
Afterwards we went to the Hastings skatepark and playground.
We enjoyed it there going up and down all the ramps. We brought our scooters and had lunch there too.
Mrs Versey also came to school and showed us how to make recycled paper. It came out grey.
We also had Mr Mac and Doug the Digger come to Riverslea again
for another Role Model Assembly for Duffy.We got our Duffy books and saw Mr Macs big truck.
We had the Police, Firemen and Ambulance people come and visit us too. That was really cool.
(Mrs B & R1)
I liked the Transfer Station.
I saw all the Recycling.
I had fun at the skatepark.
We made paper in class.
It took days to dry.
I like Mr Mac's truck.
We got our Duffy books. ( Parekawa)
Recycling, Swimming and Learning
At the Hakinakina swimming sports. Making a lego building on a wet day.
Recycling. Showing what makes compost. At the Transfer Station.
Getting a Keep Hastings Beautiful badge. Helping to make recycled paper
Fun at the Skatepark. Looking at the Fire Engine at school.
February
What a busy but fun start to the school year Room 1 has had.We have had fun improving our skills on the bike track.
That is a goal of many in the class.
We have had lots of testing to see what progress we have made and where to next.
We have set our 3 goals and are trying to achieve them.
We are studying Turangawaewae and focussing on our environment.
Room 1, Miharo, are looking at Recycling.
We know what reading levels we are at and can now do graphs in Maths.
We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now.
We are also learning to write FABULOUS stories.
Below are pictures of the bike track and / or us on ipads learning Literacy and Numeracy on our new app SkoolBo.
Also a picture of the graphs that we can do and a story that we each wrote.
Miharo is cool.
Miharo is awesome. (Mrs B)
I can ride on the Pump Track now but go on the little hills.
I like SkoolBo and other learning apps on the ipad .
I am getting faster at running.
I am the fastest girl in the class sometimes.
I am learning to spell some of my own words in my stories.
I am at Level 3 in Reading now
I am getting really good at counting in Maths too.
(Parekawa)
Next goals for Parekawa are to write 3 sentences spelling some of her own words in story writing.
Parekawa is counting well up to 24. She is now learning to do simple addition in Maths as well.
She is keen to learn and always tries her best.
She is making good progress and enjoys using the ipads to learn.
She is also getting better on the Pump track but still likes going on the smaller hills.
( Mrs B)
Maths ipads and Writing
Parekawa's Maths graph. She is starting to write her own stories now.
Parekawa on the Pump track
Parekawa learning Maths on the ipad. Parekawa building a Recycling plant on the ipad with her buddy NaZ.
2014
My name is Parekawa.I am 5 years old.
I am in Room 2.
I am at Riverslea School.
My Goals 2014
1.Learn to read lots of books.2.Learn to write stories
3. Learn all my alphabet.
November/December
We have been very busy with the 4th term activities.-We had a Survivor day, related to our term Inquiry “Survival.”
We did relays like Crossing the Road, In the City, Water Safety ,
Mountain safety etc. The tamariki loved them.
Thanks to Sally from Sports HB for lending us all the equipment for 2 afternoons.
-We have still been learning with Maths and Writing and Reading.
Some children have made amazing progress. A writing focus is on my teacher registration wiki,
as it was one of my classroom goals for the year.
-We started swimming again in the school pool. All the children are water confident except for one.
-We attended the Hakinakina Athletics day at the HB Sports Park against 7 other schools.
Some children got placed in their age group,
-We all rode in a Double Decker bus to Cornwall park, where we fed the ducks , looked at the birds,
played in the playground and had a swim on the Splash pad.
-Miharo joined the Preschool for their Xmas party at Inflatable World which they really enjoyed.
- Lots of tamariki got trophies at Prizegiving.
-The most amazing event though was our trip to Haumoana Zoo.
This was again related to our Inquiry, the focus being on Survival and animals.
The children fed the lambs, brushed the donkey, said Hello to the talking Cockatiel,
led a Llama around the zoo , held rats and guinea pigs and saw 35 different animals and birds.
To top it all off they had a fun playground too.
-The tamariki have been involved in lots of educational activities and learning
as well as outdoor education experiences too. What a busy and fun term it has been.
Only the school Disco to go. ( Mrs Bennett)
I liked going to Inflatable world and Cornwall Park. They were lots of fun.
My 2 Kui came to Inflatable World too.
The best thing was holding the guinea pigs and feeding the lambs at the Haumoana Zoo.
We saw how they survived.
I can read up to Level 2 now and copy the words in my own story.
I am good at Maths too. (Parekawa)
November
ipads
Parekawa learning words on the app Eggy words.
I am learning to use Reading and Maths apps on the ipad.
Mrs Bennett and Kauri helped me.
I Like Eggy words and the alphabet one. ( Parekawa)
I guided Partekawa to learn new apps for reading words and learning the alphabet.
Kauri, her ipad partner,also helped her and showed her what to do when she was unsure.
Parekawa is learning new apps quickly.( Mrs Bennett)
The Bike Track
I can now ride a bike around the bike track.
I have just started school.
I like riding the bikes. (Parekawa)
I am encouraging and supporting Parekawa to develop her biking skills.
I give her lots of opportunities to practise her skills.
She enjoys riding around the track.
Soon she may try riding on the PUMP track
( Mrs Bennett)